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The May 11th State Department approval of a Foreign Military Sale to Germany of CH-47F Chinook Helicopters, also puts in motion the purchase of critical electronic self-protection systems, amid a …
Critical Electronic Self-Protection Systems Boost German Chinook Sale Read More
by Markus Elken, Defense Analyst, Forecast International. Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook, in service since the Vietnam War, is currently the U.S. Army’s only heavy-lift cargo helicopter. With such a long and …
CH-47 Block II Upgrade: State of the State Read More
One of the major distinguishing factors between the CH-47F model and its predecessors is that the design is engineered to improve reliability and decrease operating costs. All new airframe, …
CH-47F: Greater Reliability, Lower Operating Costs Read More The United Kingdom is aiming to procure 16 new H-47 Chinook extended range heavy-lift helicopters from Boeing under the U.S. government-to-government foreign military sales (FMS) channel. An FMS request valued …
Boeing Eyes another Sales Victory as U.K. FMS Request for H-47 Chinook Cleared Read Moreby Carter Palmer, Power Systems Specialist, Forecast International. When an aviation platform passes 50 years of continuous military service, it joins a prestigious, albeit small, group of aircraft. The group …
T55 Soldiers On Aboard Venerable CH-47 Chinook Read Moreby Matthew Beres, Airborne Retrofit & Modernization Analyst, Forecast International. Van Horn Aviation recently celebrated the first installation and flight of VHA composite main rotor blades on its launch customer, …
Composite Rotor Blades Are Taking Off Read More